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Bpp 2016 2017 performance measurement and control CBE style Q 240

KKanan6y ago
Hi Dear Tutor, I have a question. A company has two divisions, A and B. Division A manufactures a component which is transferred to Division B. Division B uses two units of the component from DIVISION A in every item of finished product that it makes and sells. The transfer price is 43$ per unit of the component Selling price of finished product made in Division B---154$ Variable cost excluding TPC--------------------------------32 Variable selling costs chargeable to the division---1$ Fixed costs-----160000$ External sales-7000 Dear Tutor, here Division B sells 7000 and calculate VC bu multuplying with 7000 and TPC with 14000?this is because External demand?if external demand was 14000 units then external sales woudl be 14000*154 not 7000?did i get it right?The division B might buy 14000 units from the division A and it only sold 7000 therefore we take only 7000. Another question if the Division B buys all units from Division A why then we multiply 7000 with variable cost (33$ )of Division B?In Fact the division B does not produce it only TPC of 43$ should be taken into consideration. Need expplanation thanks in advance
John MoffatJohn MoffatTutor6y ago#1
Division B uses 2 units of the component from Division A for every unit that it makes and sells. Division B makes and sells 7,000 units, therefore they need to buy 14,000 components. Division B produces a product. This product uses components from Division A but B does extra work in order to produce the finished product.
KKanan6y ago#2
yea, it uses two units for the finished product therefore 7000 is total finished output and its input is 14000 components
John MoffatJohn MoffatTutor6y ago#3
Yes - so the cost is the cost of 14,000 components plus the variable cost of working on the 7,000 units they are producing.
KKanan6y ago#4
understood dear tutor.
John MoffatJohn MoffatTutor6y ago#5
You are welcome :-)
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